They don't make books like this anymore. If you are at all a serious or aspiring-to-be serious knitter, you should get this book. Lots and lots and lots of different knitting stitchs are explained here. Very useful if you want to try out a different rib pattern, for example, or you are making some steps towards designing or personalising a knitting pattern. It does a similar job to the big Vogue knitting stitch directories, but it does it in a much smaller format, and in black and white (and much more cheaply. Please note that this is a facsimile edition and the quality of the photos is not nearly as good as in modern books, ut the diagrams and illustrations are clear.